The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-16 00:00:00

DECLARATION. The overtures made to hia - MaAy by iliadovern . ments of Russia and of Franc_ e pot le ,to e etki N -9, .., - au' iation and theintercoutituttaithich thet.over ts • tures gave rise being terminated, his Majesty thinks it righi thus promptly and tiblitratr si le known its termination. - , • Tice continued appearance_of a Negotiation, Nvhen, peace has been found t?..ye,.rtqy,.. T utlattatna e, could be advantageous only to the enemy. It .tnight enable- -France and jea lousy in the ,councils of -those, .who act combined to resist,i44pression and if, among, the nations *llia groan under the tyranny of French- alliance; or among - those which •maintain against a . .Frauee.. • Cioubtful and precarious indefendenee:tliel - 6 Stio44 "ibi74ilYiVoi4tiovr are Volinatiet i;tWeca the 4ertairf' rittin ,4 6l prOlonted inadivity, • and the con tingent darrotirs of an effort to save then - helves from that. 1 th3nati64. so sifnated,t.lic- - :Klusive.pro:4 sped Ord Pe',4:ebelweert Great iiritaM. and, win 44 could no fail to ibe peculiarly- it - Outlet:9V' Their preparations night be relaxed by.the vain ..hope of tobarning,trahlutil)ty; or. weir. purpose, .finaKqu . 0 Y the py:e Off„`).; eip . g left to corit.Vh l 4 alOri m. "" • 0-...)!13. :I; . ' such,m4pi m io u tadst, the main obje4t ,grance, tted to firs 'MajeSty from 1 Erierth; hi4'-*isty erltprtai?etl• persua- But at n oment"When TesfiltVO'awful frOinAh l eir upcirtance, and so tremendous` from their oncer taiptN', might - he depending upon the decision of peact&or ...war, the glag felt it due .to himself to aoubt,' the NJeWs an* intent ionar of his- enemies:roof ,•' . 2 ~. •., It was difficult ft'ar_iiis Males y to neneve„that the Emperor,ootussia':.*4ad ddvoted himsettetti blindly and fatally to, the violence and ambition of the power ;),,•:. with which leis Imperial Majesty: Lind urdortunately beceaute aJys. as to be prepared openjilo . abet _the usurpationtof MorrAciiy ranti • tcf knowledg4':aiid - 'etinintain the tight• assumed by • France, to:depose hand imprison friendly Sovereigns, •... and forcibly . to transfer to' herself the "allegiance of independent Vation's. • `. .IfVoerk,. therefofe, it was proposed tOlis.Maiesty to enter into Negotiation for a general peace, in'con cert with his. Majesty's Allies, and,to treat either on the basis of the uti possidetis (heitOfore the subjeCt of so much controversy), or on any other basis, con sfstetit`with:jUstice, honour, andequality, his Ma jesty determined to tneet this seernin; . tairnesi and moderation, with fairness and moderation, on his MajeSty'S'part: real'asld sincerg. The .King . PrOfessed his 'readiness to 'enter into such Negotiation, in concurrence with his Allies; and undertook fotihwith to communicate - to them • --`'t . the piopoillts Majes - ty, had_ received. But as.hisMaje.sty not couneaed with Spain by a forrnal treaty-of -alliance, his Maiesty thought it ne pessary. to.declare, that the' engagements which he had contraCted. in the face of the ~ vorki with that na tion, were considered by his Majesty'ai .6Q, less sa cred, 'and Lib teas binding Upon Iris Majesty, th l an the most solemn treaties ; and to express his Majesty's just confidence that the Government of)§phln, ailing in the name of his Catholic Majesty FERD'INAND VII. was understood to, be a party tothe Negatiatiou. The reply returned' by France to this proposition of his Majesty casts off at once. the thin disguise which had been assumed for a niotneritary pur pose; and displays with lesS than ordinary reserve the arrogance and, injustice of that . Government. The universal Spanish Nation is described . by (he degrading appellation of , the Spanish Insurgents; and .the demand for the admission'of the Govern inent of Spain as.a party to any Negotiation, is re- jested as inadmissible and insulting. With astonishment, as well as with grief, his Ma esty has received from the Emperor of Russia a re= ply, similar in et - Ma, although less indecorous in tone, and 'manner. The Emperor of Russia also Stigma tizes as " Insurrealon," the glofious efforts of the Spanish people in behalf of 'their legitimate Sove. reign, acid in deferred of the independence of their country.; thus giving the sanaion of his' Imperial Majesty's authority to •an usurpation which has no Parallel in the history of the world. , ; .. TLere cannot possibly be more than one opinion te - specting the DecLARATION from His MAJESTY, u flieb we haVe the pleasure to submit to our Readers thi . day. • _The .conduct ppriued . by the British. G,vernment has been manifestly diClated by such principles and such sentiments as becomp a nation :.uxious to support Its own, charaaer, and to hold out The King would readily have'etnbraced an oppor a great example to other grates. Can there be found tunny of Negotiation which might have afforded a nlitii Who is so callous to every honourable feeling, as ' .• ;any hope or prospeet of a Peace compatible with to conceive that this Country should have commenced 1 _ esterday afternoon a Cabinet Council was held i justice and with honour. His Majesty deeply la a :gegotiation with France, not merely for a delusive at the Forein - n • Office, which sat till half-past six i 'er lee' ts an , issue; by ,which the'StifFerings of Europe 0 `and hollow Peace, but for a Peace of any kind,' by - o'cloeir, •at yliich were presenf;• his Grace the Duke .1 of PORTLAND); the LottoCii AN c ELLori ; Earls C,im- i are aggravated and prolonged. But neither the ho telinquishing the cause of Spain, and surrenderincr ° DEN and BATHURsT ; Lords , HawxEsnuitY and .4 flour, of his Majesty, nor the generosity of the Bri, that gallant nation at once to a slavery which would ' CAsTLEEEA6II; Mr. Secretary CAlsiNINa, and Mr. : • -..r --. , Arsh i. anon, would admit of his Majesty consenting 1?: the more dreadful, as the Invader would wreak PER GE ~A Lo ~ - , , % :IA (3culipetiCe - a T.Nlekthiaiion, b e y the abandonme=nt his vengeance on the unhappy People, in proportion Letters of the 27th ult. were received yesterday of a brave aed - loyal people who are qontending for !m Oporto. Pertect trauquilliiy, we are happy to .. . • • • ' to the resistance which they have made against his state, prevailed there. ; . i th e preserv!ipn of all, that , is dear to man ; and ambition, cruelty, And oppression ? All parties must - General MACKENZIE, had arrived there 'to take ; whose exertions, in a cause s'o unquestionably just, at;%e in approbation of/the conduet of the British the command of the troops, and to watch th ° l4) Hills M a jesty has solemnly pledged himself to sustain. Govt. rninent on this occasion,'- and the people of into Spain . . - : , i Ifestaiinstcr , Dec. 15, 1808. ' • ,1. , .:,-;ry other Slate must sympat,hize in the same feel.. • Sir ROBERT WILSON was sti% at Oporto.• : i • • _... ~.. , . Geperal HOPE'S Division arrived at Villa Castin on the 28th ult. and would be at Arevola the 29th, on route to Salamatica, in the neighbourhood of which place it was expeaed. be would fortp_a junc tion with Sir JOHN MOORE. ~,"s'~—' MAUS. Aa itzviED-2 Waterford...Duz—i Gottenburgh, i Malta, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELV I O'CLOCK'. eOIISOIS 66i I Red. Ann. 65 I Uranium z dis. THE SUET. 410L101 QUIS DICZRZ' FAL SU)/ AUDI/it ? IL 0 N D 0 N, IRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 4,1808. IMPORTANT AND GRATIFYING INTELLIGENCE FROM SPAIN. WE are happy to have it in our poiver to commu- nicate to our Readers Intelligence from Spain, not • only of a less gloomy cast than that which welave ricintly received, but such as affords us strong `i - round to hope that BUONAPART e's career of success WIN speedily be checked: I)4atches have been received at the Admiralty, from' Admiral Lord CoLuNowoori, which contain accounts of the complete failure of the attempt of the • French upon Rosas. The exertions off`; the gallatii Garrison were materially aided by his Majesty's Ship Excellent, which was fortunately enabled to al); preach near enough to the shore to bring her grape sbot to bear upon the Enemy, with which she did . gteat . execution.. A party of Marines were also landed, and contributed very essentially to the. de: fence of the place. The precise loss of the French is not stated, but it must have been very great. Government bye' also received Dispatchei from Sir JOHN MOORE and Sir DAVID BAIRD, which were brought by the cheerful Cutter, and the intelligence she brings is certainly of a cheerful nature—she left Corunna on the ''§th instant. We are happy to find that the reverses which the Spanish Armies have sustained, so far from exciting a feeling of despondency, have only otirnnlated that gallant people to greater exertions, and to more .determined resistance. The inhabitants of Madrid were making every possible preparation to defend the Capital to the last extremity. This determination on the part of the Spaniards, and the: jurnaion of the Corps .Coin, tr.n,ded by General HOPE to 1110 Army of Sir JOHN Moons, which. took place on "the'fst instant, at 'Salamanca, had induced the latter to send , orders to Sir DAVID B'AIRD to advance. This order, we understand, was received by Sir DAVID BAIRD on the 7th inst. We may, theretore, confidently hope, that by this time a British Army of 40,000 men is happily assembled to assist the Spaniards i the defence of every thing that is dear to that Eallant and noble-minded People. The following Bulletin was this morning issued by Government : " A Ship of War has arrived with dispatches from Corunna, which she left on the 9th inst. Accounts are brought by t that the greatest enthusiasm had burst forth at Madrid, and that the people were de- tertnived to malce.every effort to defend the Capital. General HOPE had joined Sir Joint MooRE, at S - laminca, and Sir DAVID BAIRD was at Villa Frinca 1 1 , , t 7th, and had suspended his retreat. " BUONArMtTE was at Aranda de Douoro ; his ad- i'anc . ed corp 3 had made itself master of Soma-Sierra, . • a French corps had reached Segovia." ings, though they dare not express them. But this magnanimous Declaration not only fonncled , 9ll. our own proper.sense of dliti and regard to our pational charaoer,b9eit is fiwndiiii) upon the noblest principles -. of hurnanitf, and a concern for the w e lfare oh other States, who might be • involved in imminent danger by an uncertainty of the event of a Nego tiation between - trili CoiStry anraliance — "" -- ,or be inlled into a fatal security, by the hope of a general resto ration of "Peace, if 'harmony sheirld be estatilished between those great l owers, on which indeed the interests of Europe, and not of Europe alone, essen tially depend'.' , : The British GOvernMent, therefore, is entitled to the highest praise; not only for, the nature and charader of the Declaration , itself,- but for the promptness and alacrity with which it was •. . submitted to the world. From a proper '.respect to the foreign Ministers„nOw.in this country - , the 'Re , . • presentatives of such Allies as we. have A et 'left in the present unhappy state oh Europe, it was deemed •,- • _ • proper to present a Copy' of the' Declaration to them before it was communicated to medium of the. Loßi3-MA•yofe - , - othrylke Ave . ~have reason to believe that we Should ha e `hat3 the .•. „nee. • pleasure of submitting. it .too ' 'Readers-infrtim Su .of yesterday., Xri, ; _kezidips,.thif,.. - ,Dcelitrattort, M. u41,e1-r what . must be thoughl.„of - .l* Ain iOtt o f RUSSIA, who cut}. join the ,Usurper France in designating the Noile of Spain'as - Ir= surgents because they are loyal-to their and faithful to - their . Couriirci? -- Whaf a contrast iis held. 'brittle , the world between thejlist :end brows Monarch of - this enuatry, who(Jdisdains a'°.Fe'ace • that,is to be 'purchased ;at tbee t .?t pence of honour • and lernanit7;afid who CoriSenueotly 'twit Aan dQo a Peopper towhotu he-has_eromised.hi*ftiendship, an.d, to whore he had n.l4,iiiTo!eetkac.giopaship :by prompt and liberal•assistance, aridthe-Sovere4iti 'of a great Empire!whois so instrilsibldol:hisuwh dignity as to confe.derate,,wiih an Usurped-in!oriler to reduce a loyal, patriotic, and indspgedent,pedple te - 1 - 4oridage . What must ,the snbjeps, of. the: Jevettive Sole= reigns think of such Condi4.o °sing' that the EmPeror of Rus'siil, in his - visit to Erfel had=beest entrapped in the saine manner as tti'e Royal F4n411,y of Spain, an event whidh, corisideiitt the charader and - cohdridt of BdONAP.itTE, many expected' With confidence,w hat would the Russiaas.have thought had tliey'been stigrnetised with- the baffle of Insurgents; if they presumed to suppose that the French I.7sne, per had no , tigitt.td deprive them of !heir legitine#,?. Sovereigo, or-to-consign them .t9Any relation or mi nion of •hi.i own ? The inferences'iabVious, and. if thp . Russians are not incapable .9f retlee - tiOn, 'th4 • • • .. - must pity and despise their own Ruler, and turti with admiration, esteem, and reverence, upon thk Monarch of these Realms,• who at all times sup ports his awn dignity, and feelS for the' Welfare - . of every other State. We shall resume this subje4, as it is of importance, trot only to this country, but to the general interests of man .;ind. As the following article only appea'red in a part of our Impression yesterday, we' insert it again this day : Accounts have been received from Sara P ,oossa, dated the 24th, slating, that Gen. CASTANOS, updn hearing that the French we're' rnoing a corps upon Soria from Burgos, and •passing the Ebro at. Lo grono, had assembled an army of 40,000: fi‘et and 4000 horse, and had taken up a position lin au 131)1 - Igoe line - from Tudelltrtrßodr — This position was unfavOUrable, as Tudela, the right and the advanced part of the position, ,was cOipmauded 'by heights, and was indefensible. The French took. advantage 'of this errror, and having Co:ileac:l an army of 4,5,000 men,•eutrinienced their attack on_ the Spauil>h right, on the 23d,' and defeated two divisions of 'V,alencians and .rdurclans, who setreated with cola,' siderable loss, towards Saragossa. v.• Subsequent accounts from Saragossa,,of the 25th, . , state, thaA r the Arragouese aitd Audaltisiampivisions did not suffer much, and had been able to retitle in order, which is confirmed by4he FrenCh accounts. The 'precise route taken I)yfPeneral'eAslA . No's army is not given. 'Saragossa was to be defended by 15,000* men. FREE h?ADE IPIT3 Mr. FAWSENER presents his compliments to i. PgLTIER, and acquaints him, that an Order in Coun cil has this day been issued by his .MAJESTY declar lug, that those ports and places of the i sland of ~7,t. Domingo which are not in the a&ual possession of France, and from which the British flag is not ex kmickred as I. sl at - hostility with his MAJESTY and that his 11.4.40.F.5r1' 5 , subjects and others are at liberty freely to trade there ~at,M,_the same manner-as they-may trade at neutral ports and places. Dec. 14., xBOB. 40 (4%:. True Copy.) - I. P ELTIER; Agent of Hayti!. 14 v" Mr. Sir Jon CRADQCK.—A morning Paper recen tl y made ati• attack upon the chara&er of this re s p ect ' , able Oftcer, groupded upon the unfortunate LIV tiny at Vellore. *Sir - Josh, it is positively st atea, earnestly, solicited an investigation into the .causes , that unhappy event, undertaking to prove, not ooir that it arose: from circumstances unconneded any Orders that had beetv issued respPeing the . dr e3 " a the Ser;oYS, but that even the orders to which . haLLbeen erroneouSly. imputed were perfeetly CO; formable to existing regulations; If this staten leti be well founded, as we dOubt not that ii is, We ceit,v , Ahat the author of , the attack alluded to mttist have been. ignorant nor tl'ze.fac-t, Otherwise charaeter of a n .007 ii, ltho is hiplyesteerned 'in th. 2 service, and N,, numerous train of 'privatefriends, Ef.pedially• 04 ef . is 'at 'PreSeni 'abrOad . upon duty._ 7l'lig,kitlie..P 3 rT,," says, in - the i article alluded to, that , Sir J OHN' Ca DOCK is an Officer sr of whose merits no man 6 2; oh er heard." ' Sir.CHARLES'GREY, however, in bi g s . `":; , c#, account of the.attaCk npon the Hand the pique, spoke in, high terms ofr Sir JOji an 4• ever-to-be-lamented - ABP.a - citomniE, as well as 1 -lC" " I c H INSOI4, acknowledged: aniiiWarmly applandetith his distinguistiecl_serviee.s in Egypt--services procured 'him the thanks of, Parliament, and which were.rewnrded by . his Sovereign-with : the .1144 13t ' st hpoour of his prOfessi j ota.; Surely; after these , nouralale testimonies' to his, professional merits a" services, siacy an 011 - icer ought to be exempted frog c' . the attacks. of anonynaous assailants, particularlPT, he is not on the spot to defend himself, • EXTRACT Or A LETTER PROM GRAVESEND" PATIe ... • • - DP.CEMBER 14. • ' " We have had a most dreadful Murder thrill. , miltedfew. miles. lroin,4lA,- which in theciicww. stances attending it -is somewhat, similar:to - that PP- r .: petralP4 pp.poor'illigh by Patch :—the i n thlo case was' an, elderly Man, whose name I,vas ;0 4 1 a respeaable Farmer residing at Hoo. Abgil t months back he was left a widower, with thirt eeil , children ; on Sunday night last he bad supped , t, rounded by his, children, who were busied 'in moving the things from the table, and one of tb etis ci had just taken the candle from 'the. apartoen i t which poor White was left sitting, when the °°-; w 4 heard to open,'and immediately the expiPsic° l 3 6 of alun ; the wretched family dire6ll* ran into` " ti room, where. they found poor White expiring, a n ,v . • in aeryshort time he breathed his last; a ball bad e n . tered the back part of his neck and gone through biro' The mvirderer . has 'estatrd. 'No person was sea': but suspicion has fallen on a wan who was 54) ' 1) / years past transported. for,,,robbipg Mr. Whit e ;s wool, and who-threatened if, he returned t , o cli t o ,vr ! country he would be revenged on 'White; the i r t is known to have returned." the • The' Countess of LIVERPOOL, mother to DtiohessA)l DORSET, and to Lady ..c•InoYsE;-', , in a dangerous situation. 1 - fqx Ladfship, 1 1) ec) i i i ;r in , down the stairs, .last Friday evening, at flee house in Hertford -street,. Park-lane, set fir; be her veil with her candle. Eetore she COI,' ile a extricated, and the flames could be e x tingo' s by two servants who' came to her assistance , Was very severely burnt °. troth her shoulder 1% . 1 . , 5 to her wrtst on one arm, as well' as on her and back. recovery is expe&ed' t be 51° 7, and is by no means considered the theFaCuitY certain. The- Earl of LIVERPOOL, who wriis r. house at the time, is much affected by the It is a remarkable circumstance, , that her. sis` - i , -Lady WA R REN, was burnt to death. a ferir yea . . since at Brighton. r at Mademoiselle PRESLR, the first comic dance v, the Opera last season, died,' about three weelo,:i ou board. the Packet, as she was returning 10 1 i , e t Continent. She went over to Ireland last sull,i i ne , with Madame CATAT.ANI and the rest of the ur t t(e' ratical troop, but was.* ill to Perform once ° t ,. /j e, Dublin Theatre. Her illness was a rapid d eci' which carried her off . in the 18th year of htl. s g e jr,, . • Died, on the 4th inst. in the 69th year of 1)4 „; °I at his- seat of Wardour Castle, in the Ca rj r , l o,l , , Wilts, .the Right Hon.. HENRY Lord A11 1114 , - Baron of Wardour, Count of the Saci'ed r[ - f irst Empire. He is Succeeded. in his title by 1/ '; cousin, JAMES .EVERARD ARUNDELL, ham-Hall, in the County of Lincoln. I —................ CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. i 6.—Thiq day ti..e , '- ' ' t tei' v lq i tolerable supply of Wheat, which is very 11 01 'J' t it , sale, and gives way in price ; Barley likewise , e 1,) c zepting fine; Malt at less; Pease and Berns of e a io ' description continue at little variation ; O ats ar e ..,, tolerable quantities, and sales thereof are named P;; ther cheaper ; Flour in plenty, and prices at our la 'ittotation. , ~5 oci, 01 hear 63s a 82s a 92s ad Tick Beans - 7os a i i ? d Fineditto • 94 5 4 975: ud o a ts - 345 a 385 3 4 - !i: o d R y e - - 503 a oil PJlAnd ditto 4.3 s a 4 4 ,76 i Barley — 4 0 s 45s od 1 Potatue - - - . ---• '' , 47- oct Malt - - 745 a Sos ...d 1 Rape Seed - 4 SI a 5 2J , 5 - - ol White Pease 135 s a 1455 ad Fine F - 8 i a. : cve Grey ditto - sus a 61s od Second s- - 75 5 - Beans - - - 765 a 825 od • SMITHFIELD MARKET, . _ This day's market was tolerably well Dic..l6. ' I•ea supP' i ti a with different kinds of cattle; Beef, Mott"' a rti Veal are dearer than our last report ; Pork. stlPP ° bo t last price, and the trade for the most part was le , indifferent, The sales in the Haymarket were 5°11 00 ,. what dull; Clover fetched a better price than 0 1 01) , day's market; Straw has fallen in price i H a Yb e rs tabled last price.—The following prices and 114 10 are a correct statement : • • • To sink the Offal per stone of Stb• , _NO Beef 3s. Bd. to 4s. ',A.—Mutton 35. iod. toot ss• 6,1. ss. Bd. to 7s. Bd.—Lamb os. od. to os. od.—Pk 55' 7s. 6d. fj Z 5, .Beasts. t,4stxp, 3,soCaives, t 1 0 7 7 1 ' Hay sl. os. od. to 1.. 6s. od: —Clover 04 ' °"" 7s, ed.—Straw tl. 13S. od. to tl. 16s, od. C • A'